egar08

What I'm reading...

2009-10-25T14:36:20Z

The deli capital? It's L.A.

Mexico's Cops Seek Upgrade

What If They Turned Off the Internet?

Rage Against Gitmo

egar08 @ 2009-09-19T08:39:00

2009-09-19T12:47:20Z

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/09/the-hierarchy-of-success.html

"

* How do you deal with failure?
* When will you quit?
* How do you treat competitors?
* What personality are you looking for in the people you hire?
* What's it like to work for you? Why? Is that a deliberate choice?
* What sort of decisions do you make when no one is looking?

"

I would guess that the first question is generally the most difficult. What is failure? Knowing when to quit is another tough one - at what point does failure become advantageous? The last question I think to be the most interesting - who are we when no one's looking?. I need to think these over.

Not smart.

2009-09-13T03:30:41Z

http://www.jdnews.com/news/marine-67494-one-9mm.html

"Nelson and Malone were near Combat Outpost Viking in the hut the second section of Scout Platoon, 2nd Tank Battalion shared on March 9 when Nelson pointed the pistol at Malone and asked if Malone trusted him, according to court testimony. Malone was sitting in his rack listening to his iPod at the time.

“While looking at Lance Cpl. Malone I inserted the magazine, pulled the slide home, a round was chambered and I pulled the trigger,” Nelson said."

Whatever happened to falling backwards with your eyes closed?

9/9/09

2009-09-09T21:08:47Z

The revolution begins with gar.

Message of the Day

2009-05-25T03:58:10Z

egar08 @ 2009-05-23T08:19:00

2009-05-23T12:21:58Z

http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/editorials/story/1532771.html

Seems fair.

And it hits the fan...

2009-05-16T12:36:00Z

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iCMKNg3FDSM08Y6FkDsmiPj5_47AD986SJO00

egar08 @ 2009-04-25T15:30:00

2009-04-25T19:31:17Z

Happy (belated) Earth Day.

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/Fracas_over_Popeyes_Fried_Chicken_Price_april_22_2009

hmmmmmmmm

2009-04-18T02:18:33Z

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Microgalleries/zoo/?&pic=23

egar08 @ 2009-04-05T14:54:00

2009-04-05T18:55:03Z

"People love comebacks."

egar08 @ 2009-03-08T12:53:00

2009-03-08T16:54:28Z

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/AP/story/929321.html

"MEXICO CITY -- More than 800 federal and local police have been assigned to improve security in and around Mexico City's international airport after a series of armed robberies against travelers who exchanged money there, authorities announced Monday.

Mexico City Attorney General Miguel Mancera said 460 additional city police officers have been assigned to patrol the areas surrounding the airport. Federal police have added 350 new agents to the airport since December, said Federal Police Commissioner Rodrigo Esparza."

and in other news

http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2009/02/ryanair_insults_a_blogger.cfm

Wow.

egar08 @ 2009-03-08T12:31:00

2009-03-08T16:35:52Z

Police officer drives into home; from what I hear he blacked out before it happened. Luckily the house has been on the market for the last year or so. I doubt they'll see many buyers now.

Right....

2009-02-22T20:40:51Z

Bloomberg reports that U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Kevin Carey has ruled that Sidley Austin’s lawyers may collect a maximum of $925 an hour for bankruptcy work on Tribune Co., instead of the $1,100 the firm originally requested.

Judge Carey reportedly said in a hearing today that any bankruptcy lawyer who tries to charge $1,000 an hour will need to prove he or she is worth that much. “To the extent that this applicant or any other hits that mark I will require evidence in support of that rate,” Carey said."

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9IvitqCh_ZQ&refer=home

Happy Birthday!

2009-02-12T18:01:38Z

"I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me."

egar08 @ 2009-02-11T10:05:00

2009-02-11T15:05:55Z

Where's the Gates foundation when you need them? http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/09/ghastly-working-cond.html

So good...

2009-02-10T20:40:05Z

Rick's BBQ - Salisbury, NC; diet starts tomorrow...

Toodles.

2009-02-03T22:14:17Z

There could be more to Daschle's story or maybe he couldn't take the heat?

Frivilous lawsuit of the day.

2009-01-24T14:59:52Z

http://i.gizmodo.com/5138095/class-action-settlement-could-net-scratchy-1st+gen-ipod-nano-owners-up-to-25

"According to CNBC, the settlement calls for Apple to set aside $22 million to refund eligible iPod nano users who apply:

According to a notice sent out to nano owners this week, "Apple has agreed to provide a cash settlement fund of $22.5 million," and for those consumers who did not receive a "slip case from Apple when you purchased your iPod nano, you may be entitled to a cash payment of $25. If you received a slip case, you may be entitled to a cash payment of $15.""

You know the attorneys are taking, at the very least, 25% --- around $4.5 million for the lawyers and $25 for your scratched up Nano. Sounds fair.

egar08 @ 2009-01-20T08:53:00

2009-01-20T13:53:37Z

"The wait of the World"

egar08 @ 2009-01-10T01:42:00

2009-01-10T18:43:15Z

http://wonkette.com/405367/obama-forgot-to-ask-for-money-in-todays-email

"We are in a Depression, the “small donors” who supposedly got Obama elected are all BROKE, because of the DEPRESSION, and you motherfuckers are hitting us up for a HUNDRED DOLLARS to give to a MULTI-MILLIONAIRE ex-senator, ex-first lady and new Secretary of State, because she doesn’t want to dirty her hands by PAYING for her fucking LOSING CAMPAIGN with her own money?"

Jesus.

2009-01-07T20:51:23Z

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/01/07/1736214.aspx

Coincidence?

2008-12-22T19:23:08Z

"Tami Hansbrough began a new job as the associate director of development at the UNC School of Dentistry on Dec. 8. She is a fundraiser specializing in major gifts and will supervise an annual fund program.

"I've met so many wonderful people here, that I plan on making North Carolina and Chapel Hill my home -- I plan to retire here," said Tami Hansbrough, who received her bachelor's degree from Southeast Missouri State University."

"The news release announcing her hiring did not mention she is Tyler Hansbrough's mother. (Tami Hansbrough and Tyler's father, Gene Hansbrough, an orthopedic surgeon, are divorced.)"

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/unc/mens_basketball/story/1338109.html

AP study finds $1.6B went to bailed-out bank execs

2008-12-22T19:19:22Z

"The 116 banks that so far have received taxpayer dollars to boost them through the economic crisis gave their top tier of executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses and other benefits in 2007, an Associated Press analysis found.

That amount, spread among the 600 highest paid bank executives, would cover the bailout money given to 53 of the banks that have shared the $188 billion that Washington has doled out in rescue packages so far."

Just great.

From the WTF Dept.

2008-12-19T16:25:28Z

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/with-economy-in-shambles-congress-gets-a-raise-2008-12-17.html

"Instead, they [lawmakers] will get a $4,700 pay increase, amounting to an additional $2.5 million that taxpayers will spend on congressional
salaries, and watchdog groups are not happy about it. "

"Currently the average lawmaker makes $169,300 a year, with leadership making slightly more. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) makes $217,400, while the minority and majority leaders in the House and Senate make $188,100."

egar08 @ 2008-12-17T14:38:00

2008-12-17T19:39:56Z

Great song. Not sure I follow the video.